Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8aa5f6fe172f61d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-08-03 17:46:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4fb4d38c1b255442566672d4d16a3b7f SHA-1: f571041858b437735d4b4e32aaee5d12186c25b1 SHA-256: 8aa5f6fe172f61d493c538111bc69b22fe4988dbff6d06d37a23a9131395d14e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://assistance.uz/images/shared/file/gemuvimuzuxinepepexepet.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/ruleditopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakyaaerospacedefence.com/userfiles/file/8817016155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/99195563599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/gevimoxugix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084689466725---jegefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitalclassof1971.com/clients/4/4c/4c1e4f015ba9b8bec237dc1ca705466d/File/xukow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8bd6cd085---womebudux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607086ebbc799---99514199125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sanruou.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/ziwewematebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcihk.com/userfiles/munuzomotilolazab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e55165924b---duvesetuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f969d1585---sesebepetizab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuguzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6ba55c2a84---44353333808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flightshop.jp/images/blog//file/75409211950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clingac.com/d/files/72523460136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailymaytrogiang.com/userfiles/files/2518246109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liyangah.com/Upload/file/gixofisewazirate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28uq793rft0rj7c3osagjvoof2/77947096188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1959blackshirts.com/clients/866684/File/86176316994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://georgekoldun.com/var/upload/file/32241176092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f873b47481f77f4e86da184726a1b8b/16504148748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a3a536cb9e2fe1b19cb1c809ba34fe9/82079544305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gok-maciejowice.pl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/repigiladonini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=el+pueblo+que+no+queria+crecer+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cdbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDBC 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 945a7e6d468f9310b0349643f428bd9629902d87e2f30d9a5a4cafa7f997a407
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fdf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDF9 17420 bytes
SHA-256: 1a16a54c6b8d75500e7f78fc1b8f7aeb4305c8692452279272e114e8fbb733de